Bene

Bene (izina mu gifaransa : Bénin ) ni igihugu muri Afurika y'Iburengerazuba.

Nez d'un Lockheed TriStar, d'un avion-restaurant immobilisé sur la plage de Cotonou au Bénin

Des barques au port de pêche de Cotonou au Bénin

Benin, ku izina ryayo ryemewe rya Repubulika ya Benin, yahoze yitwa Dahomey, ni igihugu giherereye mu Burengerazuba bwa Afurika. Gihana imbibi na Togo mu burengerazuba, Nigeria mu burasirazuba, Burkina Faso mu majyaruguru y’iburengerazuba, na Niger mu majyaruguru y’iburasirazuba. Abaturage benshi batuye ku nkombe z’amajyepfo z’Inyanja ya Bight of Benin, igice cy’Ikigobe cya Guinea kiri mu gice cyo mu majyaruguru cy’Inyanja ya Atlantika. Umurwa mukuru ni Porto-Novo, mu gihe icyicaro cya guverinoma kiri i Cotonou, umujyi munini kandi ufite uruhare rukomeye mu bukungu bw’igihugu. Benin ifite ubuso bwa kilometero kare 112,622 kandi abaturage bayo mu mwaka wa 2021 bageraga kuri miliyoni 13. Ni igihugu gifite ikirere gishyushye cyo mu turere dushyuha, kandi ubukungu bwacyo bushingiye cyane ku buhinzi no kohereza mu mahanga amavuta y’imitende n’ipamba. Kuva mu kinyejana cya 17 kugeza mu cya 19, muri ako karere habayeho ibihugu n’ubwami butandukanye birimo Ubwami bwa Dahomey, umujyi wigenga wa Porto-Novo n’ibindi bice byo mu majyaruguru. Mu mwaka wa 1894, Ubufaransa bwafashe aka karere bukinjiza muri Afurika y’Uburengerazuba yagenzurwaga n’Ubufaransa ku izina rya French Dahomey. Mu 1960, Dahomey yabonye ubwigenge busesuye ivuye ku Bufaransa. Nk’igihugu cyigenga, Benin yagiye inyura mu bihe bitandukanye birimo ubutegetsi bwa demokarasi, kudeta za gisirikare n’ubutegetsi bwa gisirikare. Hagati ya 1975 na 1990, yabaye Repubulika y’Abaturage ya Benin yashingiye ku mahame ya Marxism-Leninism, mbere yo gusimburwa na Repubulika ya Benin ishingiye kuri demokarasi y’amashyaka menshi mu 1991. Ururimi rwemewe ni Igifaransa, ariko hanavugwa indimi z’iwabo zirimo Fon, Bariba, Yoruba na Dendi. Nk’uko imibare ya Pew Research Group ibigaragaza, Ubukirisitu ni bwo dini rikurikizwa n’abaturage benshi, bugakurikirwa n’Ubuyisilamu n’amadini gakondo ya Afurika. Benin kandi ni umunyamuryango w’imiryango mpuzamahanga myinshi irimo Umuryango w’Abibumbye, Umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe, ECOWAS, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Francophonie n’indi miryango y’akarere n’isi.